Champions for the Arts (ePub)

throughout the country and completed her third lecture tour to Australia in August, 2015. She also has presented lectures at the University of Berlin, Germany on the topic of audience development in 2008. In the fall of 2011, she was a guest lecturer in Moscow Russia as part of American Seasons, the U.S. Bilateral Presidential Commission. She conducted 12 workshops to theater directors, artists, students and professors on the topic of audience development in Moscow. She returned to Russia in 2013 lecturing in Sochi, site of the Olympics. In the fall of 2016, she co-curated a week-long certificate program in Community Engagement sponsored by the United Nations Cultural Exchange Forum. She is co-founder of Bite the Big Apple, an annual multicultural audience development tour of Australian arts professionals to NY to experience diversity in cultural institutions. In July 2015 she presented a keynote speech from the PIAD VRYSTAAT Arts Festival in Blomfontein, South Africa and the National Arts Marketing Conference and in 2016, she presented a keynote in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of the AMA Conference.

Ms. Walker-Kuhne is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2015 Community Service Award from Women in Media, 2012 Women of Excellence Award from the National Action Network, 2008 25 Most Influential Black Women from The Network Journal, and 2009 Brooklyn College Managers for the Arts Salute Award. She is an adjunct professor at New York University and Bank Street College. She serves on several boards including The National Theater Conference, Newark Arts Council and The Harlem Arts Alliance. She is vice-chair of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, Arts, Culture and Entertainment Committee . . Her first book, Invitation to the Party: Building Bridges to Arts, Culture and Community, was published in 2005. Ms. Walker-Kuhne is a volunteer with the SGI-USA, a world wide peace organization serving as Vice Director for New York and a licensed Minister of Ceremonies for New York State.